James Packer, Lawrence Ho ‘pay $13 million each to Hollywood stars’

JAMES Packer and business partner Lawrence Ho have reportedly paid $13 million each to three Hollywood stars for two days’ work.

IT’S a compelling reason, even if you have just married one of the most beautiful women in the world.

Brad Pitt, having married Angelina Jolie in Provence in the south of France, flew in to New York to join Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro for a two-day ad shoot for James Packer and Lawrence Ho’s company Melco Entertainment and its mega-casino Studio City in Macau.

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Big payday for little work ... Robert De Niro. Picture: AP / Matt Sayles

Broke off working honeymoon ... Brad Pitt. Picture: AFP / Leon Neal

A source told the New York Post that the trio of Hollwyood actors each earned $13 million for the ad, which was directed by celebrated Hollywood film director Martin Scorsese.

A Hollywood insider said the total budget for the short film, which is written by Boardwalk Empire creator Terence Winter, was $70 million.

Pitt took a break from a working honeymoon with Jolie in Gozo, after their intimate wedding in France, to be in New York for the project, which will be produced by RatPac Entertainment, Packer’s Hollywood vehicle with Brett Ratner.

Celebrated filmmaker ... Martin Scorsese is shooting the ad or mini-movie. Picture: David Shankbone

$13 million payday ... Actor Leonardo DiCaprio. Picture: Jason Kempin / Getty Images

The mini-movie will debut next year as part of the $2.3 billion casino’s launch.

Reps for the actors didn’t respond to requests for comment and a Melco Crown spokesman said: “The financial figures you have provided us with are wrong and have not been publicly disclosed.”

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